Moto X4 vs Coolpad Cool Play 6 – Price Does Make A Difference!

The Moto X4, which was launched yesterday, offers mid-range specifications at a slightly premium price.

Coolpad Cool Play 6 was launched back in August, and still remains one of the best mid-range smartphones available in the market.

Moto X4 made it’s debut in the country yesterday, offering mid-range features at a slightly premium price. Though there is a big price difference between the Coolpad Cool Play 6 and the newly-launched Moto X4, both the handsets offer an array of specifications which are similar.

Moto X4 Vs Coolpad Cool Play 6: In-Depth Comparison

In spite of a big price difference, Moto X4 and Coolpad Cool Play 6 have a lot of similarities.

Design And Build

Moto X4: The handset is just 8mm thin. It features an anodized aluminium metal and glass build all around, giving it a solid feel and sturdy finish.

Coolpad Cool Play 6: The Coolpad Cool Play 6 has a metal build. But it is not a unibody. It has plastic caps at the top and bottom, to let radio signals pass through. It has chamfered edges on the sides. The smartphone is nicely weighted to give it a solid feel in hand.

Display

Moto X4: It features a 5.2 inch 1080p IPS LCD display with a pixel density of 424 ppi. It gets Corning Gorilla Glass protection on top.

Coolpad Cool Play 6: Cool Play 6 comes with a 5.5 inch 1080p IPS LCD display with a pixel density of 401 ppi. It has an ‘Ambient Display’ setting which wakes the screen every time you pick up the phone and also each time you receive a notification, when it is turned on.

Hardware

Moto X4: Under the hood, Moto X4 is powered by a 2.2 GHz octa-core Snapdragon 630 SoC with Adreno 508 GPU and 3GB or 4GB of RAM.

Coolpad Cool Play 6: It gets its power from a 1.95 GHz octa-core Snapdragon 653 SoC with Adreno 510 and 6 GB of RAM.

Software

Moto X4: It runs Android Nougat 7.1.1 out of the box with a near-stock Android experience. An, Android Oreo 8.0 update has been confirmed for this smartphone.

Coolpad Cool Play 6: The Cool Play 6 runs Android 7.1 out of the box with Coolpad’s own Journey UI on top. This offers a near-stock experience with some handy features baked into the UI.

Storage

Moto X4: It will be available with two internal storage capacities, 32GB or 64GB. The storage can be expanded up to 2TB via a micro SD card.

Coolpad Cool Play 6: The Cool Play 6 comes with 64GB of onboard storage. There is no provision for expanding the built-in storage.

Camera

Moto X4: It sports a dual-camera setup of a primary 12MP sensor and a secondary 8MP ultra wide sensor, supported by dual-tone LED flash. Up front, there’s a 16 MP selfie-shooter with a dedicated front LED flash.

Coolpad Cool Play 6: The Cool Play 6 has a dual rear setup of two 13 MP shooters (RGB + Monochrome) paired with a dual-tone LED flash with multiple shooting modes. At the front,there’s an 8MP selfie-shooter.

Battery

Moto X4: The Moto X4 houses a 3,000mAh battery which is supported by quick charging. The smartphone gets power to last for six hours with just 15 minutes of charging.

Coolpad Cool Play 6: The Cool Play 6 packs in a big 4,060 mAh battery. The smartphone can easily last for a typical working day with decent amount of battery left over at the end of the day.

To Conclude…

Both these smartphone have their own sets of advantages and disadvantages. Where the Cool play 6 has the bigger battery, the X4 supports turbo charging. The Cool Play 6 has the better processor and more RAM, but the X4 has expandable storage.

But, we feel that the Moto X4 is overpriced for what it offers. The Coolpad Cool Play 6 on the other hand offers excellent value for money with its better processor, more RAM at a significantly lower price.

Do you feel that the Moto X4 justifies its price tag? Do let us know in the comments below.

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